Skyhorse Publishing has partnered with literary agency International Transactions to launch Yucca Publishing, an imprint featuring titles for the general trade market. The Yucca list will feature debut authors and previously published authors alike, "authors with intent, literary strength, and fresh, new visions," as Skyhorse put it. Yucca's first list of 20 titles will appear this fall.
International Transactions president Peter Riva, who will be Yucca's executive editor, commented: "New reading mediums, new book outlets, and new promotional platforms have spurred new creativity and new independent voices--authors with fresh exciting content to build into unified brands."
Tony Lyons, Skyhorse president and publisher, said, "As authors, agents, and publishers find new paradigms for publication, we want to be flexible and find new partners with new ideas."